US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, March 30:
Japanese Inventors Develop Printer with Image Correcting Capability
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Toshio Narushima and Yoshinori Tanaka, both of Kanagawa, Japan, and Hideaki Ohmuro of Chiba, Japan, have developed a printer with image correcting capability in which difference in color tone or contrast between an image displayed on a display and an image printed by ...
Washington Inventors Develop Audiovisual Information Management System
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Muhammed Ibrahim Sezan of Camas, Wash., and Petrus Van Beek of Vancouver, Wash., have developed a method of using a system with at least one element chosen from audio, image, and a video. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Washington Inventors Develop Audiovisual System Using Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Muhammed Ibrahim Sezan of Camas, Wash., and Petrus Van Beek of Vancouver, Wash., have developed an audiovisual information management system with user identification. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of ...
California Inventors Develop Hematopoiesis Enhancing Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Terry Raymond Beardsley of Escondido, Calif., and Anthony E. Maida III of Danville, Calif., have developed a method to enhance hematopoiesis. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to the fields of ...
California Inventor Develops Non-Volatile Storage Data Reading Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Raul-Adrian Cernea of Santa Clara, Calif., has developed a method of reading data from non-volatile storage. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Shifts in the apparent charge stored on a floating gate of a non-volatile memory cell can occur ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Performance Data Editing Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Hideo Suzuki, Masao Sakama and Eiji Akazawa, all from Hamamatsu, Japan, have developed a method and an apparatus for editing performance data with modifications of icons of musical symbols. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Oklahoma Inventors Develop Articles Collation Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Juan Esteban Flores of Owasso, Okla., Francisco Ottoniel Torrealba of Tulsa, Okla., and William Wheeler of Sand Springs, Okla., have developed systems and methods for collating articles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Data Systems Hardware Wins $39,477 Contract
Mar 30, 2007 ... RAPID CITY, S.D., March 30 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $39,477 contract to Data Systems Hardware Inc., Sterling, Va., for office machines, text processing systems and visible record equipment. The contract was awarded by the Army's U.S. Property & Fiscal Office, Rapid City, ...
Universal Air Products Wins $67,535 Contract
Mar 30, 2007 ... HELENA, Mont., March 30 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $67,535 contract to Universal Air Products Corp., Norfolk, Va., for ground effects vehicles, motor vehicles, trailers and cycles. The contract was awarded by the Army's U.S. Property & Fiscal Office, Helena, Mont. For ...
K-9 Concepts Wins $263,764 Contract
Mar 30, 2007 ... JOHNSTON, Iowa, March 30 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $263,764 contract to K-9 Concepts Inc., Broussard, La., for drug detection enhancement course. The contract was awarded by the Army's U.S. Property & Fiscal Office, Johnston, Iowa. For more ...
PEACE CORPS DEPUTY DIRECTOR VISITS MICRONESIA
Mar 30, 2007 ... The Peace Corps issued the following press release: Peace Corps Deputy Director Jody K. Olsen traveled through the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) from March 26 - 30 to meet with Volunteers, staff, and government officials. Olsen said, "I came to thank our Volunteers, staff ...
California Inventor Develops Online Help Source File Presentation Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Michael C. Morrison of Ben Lomond, Calif., has developed a method and an apparatus for tracking usage of online help systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, and ...
Texas Inventor Develops Subsea Structures Installation Methods
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Michael Hosokawa Dupre of Houston has developed system and methods to install subsea structures. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "There is disclosed a system comprising a structure in a body of water, ...
Australian Inventors Develop Object Assembling Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Kia Silverbrook and Paul Lapstun, both of Balmain, Australia, have developed a method of assembling an object that uses a component. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of assembling an object using a ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Watercraft Trolling Motor Mount
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Darrel A. Bernloehr of Mankato, Minn., and Dale E. Simonson of Cleveland, Minn., have developed a trolling motor for use with a watercraft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The trolling motor comprises a head portion, a propulsion unit, a ...
California Inventor Develops Spelling Error Detection Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Noam Shazeer of Stanford, Calif., has developed methods of spell-checking search queries. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for determining whether a target text-string is correctly spelled is provided. The ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Process Cartridge
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Koji Yamaguchi of Numazu, Japan, has developed a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Web Data Content Authoring Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- John R. Hind and Yongcheng Li, both of Raleigh, N.C., have developed a method of representing and managing dynamic data content for web documents. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "methods, systems, and computer ...
New York Inventors Develop Electrolytic Cell Making Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Hancun Chen of Williamsville, N.Y., and Weitung Wang of East Amherst, N.Y., have developed a method of making an electrolytic cell. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of making an electrolytic cell in which ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Pulverized Coal Combustion Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Donald Benjamin Appleby and Joia Kirin Spooner-Wyman, both of Cincinnati, have developed a method for combustion of pulverized coal with reduced emissions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "fuel compositions ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Jet Propulsion Watercraft
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Satoshi Tani and Kenji Itou, both of Shizuoka, Japan, have developed a jet propulsion unit for a small watercraft that includes a reverse thrust arrangement. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The reverse thrust arrangement includes a water ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Processing Apparatus Trapping Conditions Applying Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 --Akira Watanabe of Minamiashigara, Japan, has developed a method of applying conditions regarding a trapping process to be effected on a boundary region between two adjacent colors in an image on a printed material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Ohio, Massachusetts, New York Inventors Develop Antiloading Composition Selection Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Gwo S. Swei of Vandalia, Ohio, Damien C. Nevoret of Worcester, Mass., and Patrick Yang of Ballston Lake, N.Y., have developed an antiloading composition that includes a first organic compound. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The compound ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Envelope Fabrication Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Mitsutoshi Hasegawa of Kanagawa-Ken, Japan, has developed a method for fabricating envelope and a method for fabricating image display apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for fabricating an ...
U.S., Belgian Inventors Develop Reverse-Flow Cleaning System
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Timothy D. Sporre of Robbinsdale, Minn., and Dominique Renwart of Hoegaarden, Belgium, have developed a device and a method for cleaning a filter element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to the "device including a ...
New York Inventors Develop Digital Imaging Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Douglas W. Couwenhoven of Fairport, N.Y., and Kevin E. Spaulding of Spencerport, N.Y., have developed a colorant reduction method that is used during the process of printing a digital image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Printed Matter Making Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Keizaburo Matsumoto of Fukuoka-ken, Japan, has developed a print creating method for prints on which variable information and constant information is printed. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a print ...
U.S., British, Canadian Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Container
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Jonathan Brian Marx of Northwood, Great Britain, Craig Bradburne of Chesterfield, Great Britain, Ketan Randeria of Ontario, Canada, and Ronald M. Zieske of Concord, Ohio, have developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
Texas Inventor Develops Active Sensor List Adjustment Apparatus
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Matthew S. Ryskoski of Kyle, Texas, has developed a method and an apparatus for dynamic adjustment of an active sensor list. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes providing an active sensor list indicative of at least one ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Information Processing Apparatus
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Junichi Miyata of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed an information processing apparatus and a control code generation method for generating control codes to be output to a printing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Upon generating ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Strap Containment Device
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Kevin Crandall of St. Cloud, Minn., has developed a strap containment device that includes a strap and a loop member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The strap includes an end and a length and is configured to roll upon itself such that ...
California Inventors Discover Oncokinase Fusion Polypeptides and Related Disorders Detection Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Roger Briesewitz of Mountain View, Calif., and John H. Griffin of Atherton, Calif., have discovered a method of determining whether a human suffers from a hyperproliferative disease condition. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Oncokinase fusion ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Plasma Display Panel Manufacturing Process
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Michihiko Takase of Ikoma, Japan, Jun Shinozaki of Kyotanabe, Japan, and Hiroyuki Furukawa of Takatsuki, Japan, have developed a process for manufacturing plasma display panel and a substrate holder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Display Unit Manufacturing Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Takashi Nishimura, Satoshi Koide and Hitoshi Tabata, all from Fukaya, Japan, and Takeo Ito of Kumagaya, Japan, have developed an image display unit and a method for manufacturing an image display unit. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
New York Inventor Develops Compact Electrical Wiring System
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Gerald R. Savicki Jr. of Canastota, N.Y., has developed a electrical wiring system that includes a plug connector with a plurality of plug contacts configured to terminate a plurality of wires. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system ...
New Hampshire Inventors Develop Pillow with Air Filter
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Baird M. Little of Nashua, N.H., and Steven H. Schwartz of Bedford, N.H., have developed a travel pillow that has one or more air filters and a body with a soft material coupled to the one or more air filters. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Production Products Wins $4.91 Million Contract
Mar 30, 2007 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., March 30 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a contract valued at up to $4.91 million to Production Products, St. Louis, for fire fighting, rescue and safety equipment. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, ...
Hancock Management Wins $75,200 Contract
Mar 30, 2007 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., March 30 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $75,200 contract to Hancock Management LLC, Windham, N.H., for technical assistance. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more information about US Fed ...
DRS Test & Energy Management Wins $13.35 Million Contract
Mar 30, 2007 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., March 30 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $13.35 million contract to DRS Test & Energy Management Inc., Huntsville, Ala., for electronic microcircuits. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For ...
RGI Wins $150,000 Contract
Mar 30, 2007 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., March 30 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $150,000 contract to RGI Inc., Newfoundland, N.J., for weapons. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more information about US ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Band Saw Machine Body
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Richard Chang of Fang Yuan, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a body of the band saw machine, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D539,313 on March 27. The patent has been assigned to ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Bottle
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Arne H. Brauner of Hopkins, Minn., Thomas J. Arthur of Champlin, Minn., and Karen E. Wilcox of Minnetonka, Minn., have developed an ornamental design for a bottle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No ....
California Inventors Develop Circuit Board with Segments
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Jun Fan and Norman W. Smith, both of San Marcos, Calif., Arthur R. Alexander of Valley Center, Calif., and James L. Knighten of Poway, Calif., have developed a circuit board with segments with different signal speed characteristics. According to the U.S ....
Canadian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Counter Molding Template
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Jacques Buies of Quebec has developed an ornamental design for a counter molding template, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D539,314 on March 27. The original application was filed on May 24, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Printing System
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Jun Iijima of Tokorozawa, Japan, and Keiichi Kobayashi of Hamura, Japan, have developed a printing system for printing photographs taken with a digital camera. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera in which is stored a unique ...
French Inventors Develop Human Keratin Material Dyeing Cosmetic Composition
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Gre Plos of Paris, and Henri Samain of Bievres, France, have developed a cosmetic composition for dyeing human keratin materials, comprising at least one fluorescent dye and at least one cationic polymer, and a dyeing process therefor. According to the U.S ....
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Electrical Connector System
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Chad Terry and John Aho, both of Lunenburg, Mass., Scott Wakefield of Andover, Mass., William Chura of Medford, Mass., Benjamin Hermance of Worcester, Mass., and Thomas Eagan of Chelmsford, Mass., have developed electrical connectors with multi-position, strain ...
Texas Inventor Develops Wiring System Routing, Mapping Apparatus
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Mike L. Massey of Midland, Texas, has developed a routing and labeling system for wires, cables, fibers and the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for routing and mapping a wiring system includes a wire routing system ...
Texas Inventors Develop Dynamic Server Page Engines Operation Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Kulvir Singh Bhogal of Fort Worth, Texas, and Nizamudeen Ishmael Jr. of Austin, Texas, have developed methods, systems, and products for operation of dynamic server page engines. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Spreadsheet Reports Generation Apparatus
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Pavan Vidyadhar Muzumdar of Clawson, Mich., has developed a method and an apparatus to develop and generate spreadsheet reports. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A database is used to store information about template spreadsheet files, ...
Washington Inventors Develop Paragraph Layout Calculation Apparatus
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- David E. Williamson of Redmond, Wash., and Eric A. Menninga of Seattle, have developed methods and an apparatus for calculating paragraph layout. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method begins with a first node in a paragraph and ...
California, Michigan Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Automobile Body
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Michael R Castiglione and Kevin R Verduyn, both of Carlsbad, Calif., and Thomas G Tremont of Birmingham, Mich., have developed an ornamental design for an automobile body, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Information Retrieving Apparatus
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Koji Tsukamoto of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed an apparatus for retrieving information that uses reference reason of document. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The reference reason of a reference document is identified by analyzing a ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Work-in-Process Dispatch Management System
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Wen-Chi Chien of Houlong Township, Taiwan, Yu-Wen Lin of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Shih-Ho Chiu of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a system and a method for semiconductor work-in-process dispatch management. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Forming Apparatus
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Ken Murooka of Shizuoka, Japan, has developed an image forming apparatus which cools an image forming cartridge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The image forming apparatus includes a supply device which supplies a recording material, a ...
British Inventors Develop Fuel Additive
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Ronen Hazarika and Bryan Lawrence Morgan, both of Poole, Great Britain, have developed a method of improving fuel efficiency and/or reducing fuel emissions of a fuel burning apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Compact Chemical Reactor Forming Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Gerard Francis McLean of West Vancouver, Canada, Duhane Lam of Vancouver, Canada, and Olen Vanderleeden of Coquitlam, Canada, have developed a method for forming compact chemical reactors with reactor frames. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S ....
Indiana Inventors Discover Monoclonal Antibody
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Richard T. Root of Fishers, Ind., and Mitali Ghoshal of Noblesville, Ind., have discovered monoclonal antibodies specific for buprenorphine and metabolites thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to monoclonal ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Printing System Using Printing Plan
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Maki Ouchi and Takayuki Iida, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a printing system which allows efficient printing at a low cost. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a printing system, unprocessed order information is arranged so as ...
New York Inventor Develops Semiconductor Chip Encapsulant Composition
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Konstantinos I. Papathomas of Endicott, N.Y., has developed an encapsulant composition and an electronic package utilizing same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "composition for use in making an encapsulant ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitory Withanolide Composition
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Muraleedharan G. Nair of Okemos, Mich., and Bolleddula Jayaprakasam of East Lansing, Mich., have developed a cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 enzyme that inhibit withanolides. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In particular, compounds from Withania ...
Iowa Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Fuel Door Cover
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- James P. Elwell of Johnston, Iowa, and Zachary Scott Healy of Ames, Iowa, have developed an ornamental design for a fuel door cover, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D539,202 on March 27. The ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Bottle
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Arne H. Brauner of Hopkins, Minn., Thomas J. Arthur of Champlin, Minn., and Karen E. Wilcox of Minnetonka, Minn., have developed an ornamental design for a bottle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Dynamic Web Page Generation Method
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Miyoko Namioka, Kouichi Shimasaki and Yuuichi Yoshida, all from Yokohama, Japan, Nobuya Okayama and Kumiko Igawa, both of Kawasaki, Japan, Hiroshi Koike of Maebashi, Japan, Tetsuya Masuishi of Machida, Japan, and Shigetoshi Hayashi of Fujisawa, Japan, have developed ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Printing Control Device
Mar 30, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Kenji Kasai, Toshiyuki Noguchi, Atsushi Furuta and Kosuke Ito, all from Tokyo, Kikuo Naito, Akihiro Masukawa and Shinji Fukunaga, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a printing control system that has a contents provider and a printout service provider connected ...